Swapping out oil-based heating systems for heat pumps is one of the best ways for homeowners to shrink their carbon footprints. But in communities like Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka, heat pump installers are struggling to keep up.
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Wrangell tribe helps keep thousands of pounds of toxic e-waste out of landfills
A Tlingit tribe in the Southeast community of Wrangell — the Wrangell Cooperative Association — has been working to recycle electronics to reduce e-waste. That helps keep potentially toxic materials from becoming hazardous waste on the island.
In the middle of a pandemic, new brewery brings craft beer to Sitka
He wants to start with some crowd-pleasers and then venture into some funkier brews, like a saison aged in wine barrels.